Chapter 280: Argentina Don't Cry for Me! (iv)
At the Frankish Stadium, the Portuguese celebrated unbridled and became the worst scene for Argentine fans. When Portugal took the initiative to retract their defense and the team won possession in a row, they were quite proud in their hearts, and there was a feeling that even if you were Portugal, they were scared back by us. This feeling of disdain and superiority also made them think that their team could have the upper hand and take the lead in this game.
But at this time, these beautiful expectations have been completely shattered, and they have also been twisted and trampled on a few times by the culprit, the Portuguese. Faced with this situation, the usually enthusiastic Argentine fans quickly expressed their displeasure with their own boos, and the Portuguese players' celebratory celebrations made them very irritated and impatient.
Like them, the Argentine players on the pitch at this time have this mentality. Others hit a fatal blow, but they didn't gain anything for 25 minutes, and this huge gap in results brought a huge gap in psychology. Rao is Argentina, which is full of famous players, and he can't fully accept this reality in his heart for a while.
But in any case, they must accept this slightly harsh reality, and its consequences. As one of the neutral commentators put it, "No matter how complicated the Argentines may feel in their hearts, at this moment, they have to fight their spirits right away." Because in the future, the Portuguese will not only be more determined in their defensive strategy, but will certainly try to play more sharp counter-attacks similar to this. According to Reimaa's style of football and usual games, the team with him at the core is not only terrifying in terms of pressure resistance and stability, but also very terrifying in terms of offensive continuity. In a team against Chelsea or Portugal. There are a lot of them, just after conceding a goal. was beaten by their combination punches, and the score instantly expanded to a point of despair."
The words are right. But that's easier said than done. Naturally, Argentina stepped up their offensive immediately after the restart. If it's a league or a two-legged game, they might be able to do it because it's a much more forgiving schedule. But the knockout round of the World Cup is a one-round system, and the longer you lag behind, the worse it will be. As a laggard. Seize every minute, is the way to go.
However, Argentina's current problems cannot be solved by hard work. Success and defeat of Riquelme are the most pressing problems for Argentina at the moment. This one-size-fits-all, one-function squad that requires the whole team to revolve around him has proven less and less suitable for the fast-moving modern football.
In other words. That is, Argentina's current predicament is not that it is not strong on its own, but because of the inadequacy of the most important innate condition of the system. As long as they continue to have Riquelme at the core on the pitch, the current difficult dilemma will not end, at least. So far, it seems.
In the past, Argentina has not encountered such problems. At times like this, they tend to rely on the superstars in the team to solve problems. Words against a weak team. It may work, but against a strong team. It's too much of a reliance on luck and the form of the stars on the day. One word. It's just too unstable.
It can be said that this is also the main reason why Argentina's national team has been poor in recent years. Argentina are lucky to have a lot of attacking superstars, but not being able to pinch them together is their biggest misfortune. If you want to use this as an example, the most classic ones are Argentina and Brazil in '02. It is also a team with many stars, Argentina with a superstar group broke tears, and Brazil, with a 3R combination, managed to win the fifth star.
Now, Argentina have another problem that has given them a headache but has not been able to solve it, what will happen to the team once Riquelme is restricted. Of course, Riquelme is still working the court at this time, and the 28-year-old core striker has already launched a ruthless attack at the moment, gritting his teeth and fighting with Lao Lei. But for a while, he didn't have any upper hand. His slow organization was completely strangled by the tight Portuguese defense line led by Lao Lei. Not to mention that it is completely non-threatening, but it is also greatly limited.
After 30 minutes of the first half, Argentina still had the ball, their passing in midfield was still impeccable, and they could still play beautiful consecutive passes. But once this qiē came within 30 meters of the Portuguese goal, it all disappeared. In this region, one sees an Argentine team that is fighting and doing nothing.
Of course, at some point, these Argentine stars can still have an eye-catching performance, but they will never last long, and they will be drowned in the jungle of Portugal's defense in an instant. Although Portugal has changed slightly, it is still a continuation of the defense line of the Porto framework of the year, and once again showed the style of its steel defense.
In the 36th minute of the first half, Riquelme's intention to pull the ball and turn around was once again recognized by Lao Lei. Lao Lei, who snatched a kick, took the lead in stabbing the football from behind him with his long legs. Then, Old Thunder immediately bypassed behind him and rushed forward with a strong acceleration. In the face of the strong acceleration impact of Lao Lei behind him, although he spread his hands and tried to block Lao Lei from ahead, he was like a flat boat, in the rough sea, the wolf was unbearable and he was too busy to take care of himself.
In the end, when Lao Lei took control of the football, Riquelme, who was thin, had already fallen to the ground. Although he raised his hand to the referee to signal that Lao Lei had committed a foul, the referee did not think so at all and let the game continue. At the moment when Lao Lei successfully broke the ball, the Portuguese frontcourt attack line immediately became active as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, although the feet had not moved, but the momentum of high-speed forward insertion had already been formed, just waiting for Lao Lei to send the cannonball.
However, at this time, Argentina did not panic because of the first goal, and did not choose the collective retreat of Wolf Bèi, but diverted some personnel in a very orderly manner to interfere and block Lao Lei's advance or pass. After Lao Lei had just taken control of the football, Mascherano rushed up first.
Lao Lei doesn't know much about this defender who is still playing in the Arab League. I don't have much of an impression of him. However, Mascherano has long hated old Ray. The reason is simple, he was born in La Masia. He has quite a lot of affection for Barcelona. Since 04, I haven't had a good impression of Lao Lei. Although it doesn't go to the point of being a mortal enemy, it's definitely not good, and it's quite annoying.
Therefore, it is natural for Lao Lei to see a trace of hideousness in Mascherano's eyes at this time. However, Mascherano's appearance is not at all in the eyes of Lao Lei, fiercer than this, more ruthless than this. He's seen it for a long time, I don't know how much. Immediately, the left foot stepped on and pulled, and the whole person turned around at the same time, and the right foot led again, a calm and calm Marseille maneuver, and immediately put Mascherano's seemingly fierce snatch aside.
Then, as he started to get started, he didn't wait for Mascherano to pull on his shirt. Old Ray's right hand shook back fiercely, snapped, and knocked off Mascherano's hand. The two are in the grade, although they can be regarded as peers. But at this time, Mascherano was in the eyes of Old Ray. But he is as immature as a junior, and almost casually at a glance, he can see what the other party wants to do. Because that's what he did when he was in Porto.
After shaking off Mascherano. Without waiting for Lao Lei to accelerate to the middle line, Maxi immediately caught up again. In order to prevent him and Mascherano from forming a circle with him. Lao Lei immediately swiped his left foot horizontally, dribbled a few steps horizontally, and separated the two first. As soon as he came to the middle of the lane, he immediately raised his left foot slightly and made a long pass.
After forcing Maxi to reach out and intercept, he immediately pulled the football from behind him to the right with his left foot, and then, with a wave of his right foot, made a long pass again. But it was still a feint, after pulling the football from behind him back to the left with his right foot, Maxi was already dazzled by Ray's continuous feints. When the football returned to the corner of Lao Lei's mouth, his defensive position was almost completely lost, and his defensive shape was completely changed. Although it is still in front of Lao Lei, it is undoubtedly with a wooden stick.
Without giving him time to react, Lao Lei immediately stabbed his left foot lightly, allowing the football to pass through Maxi's goal, and he had basically completed the breakthrough. At the same time, Lao Lei also accelerated with all his strength again, and penetrated the midfield with an unstoppable momentum. After a last-ditch stab to dodge Mascherano's last-ditch tackle, Ray began to sprint towards the almost undefended Argentine half amid the cheers of the Portuguese fans and the boos of the Argentine fans.
Advance! Advance! Keep moving! This is what the Portuguese fans think. They are looking forward to another goal, and they are looking forward to their Godzilla to shine again!
Who did he think he was, was it Diego?! This is what Argentine fans think. They didn't want to admit that they had a knife on their heads, but the handle was in Lao Lei's hands.
"Wear the crotch! Pretty! Pretty!! There is no one in front of Reima now, what will he do with it?! What to do?!! The Argentine midfielder is chasing back, but it's too late. Cristiano they were running, Rema was already in front of the penalty area, what was he going to do, shot !!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Scored! Goal!! It's a cannon! Cannon!! There is no way to do it in Abondan Sheri! No!! He could only watch the football go into the net! It's a world wave! Super World Cup!!
O God, incomparable! Unparalleled!! Godzilla solved a goal by himself, and this is a one-stop service! He's like a nuclear bomb! Super Nuke!! One person, destroy the opponent's defense! ”
While the Portuguese commentators roared passionately, the Portuguese fans in the stands were not far behind, cheering and beating wildly, in order to vent the incredible passion in their bodies!
At this time, the sound they created was like a tsunami wave, whistling, wrapped in a breathtaking momentum, earth-shattering!
At the same time, Lao Lei chose to devote himself to it, throwing himself into this tsunami-like huge wave.
He was kneeling towards the stands of the Portuguese fans, opened his arms, raised his head, and rushed into this huge wave with a gesture of enjoyment!
The huge sound made him fascinated, and every hair and cell on his body was intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.
"Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla! ”
When the cheer rang out over the Franks, he just wanted to say.
Let's make the storm more violent!! (To be continued......)